A family of Australian Magpies was perched in a roadside tree and they were carolling loudly as I drove down the road so I stopped and managed to get a few shots.
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| Australian Magpie, Mannerim |
22 hours ago
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Mannerim Magpies
I had to go out at lunchtime today and took a brief side road on my way back. Knights Road in Mannerim on the Bellarine Peninsula (see map) has some of the best roadside vegetation on the Peninsula and is a great place for a range of bush birds.
A family of Australian Magpies was perched in a roadside tree and they were carolling loudly as I drove down the road so I stopped and managed to get a few shots.
A family of Australian Magpies was perched in a roadside tree and they were carolling loudly as I drove down the road so I stopped and managed to get a few shots.
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